The AI Chatbot Race: ChatGPT vs ChatSonic vs Google Bard vs Ernie Bot

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen meteoric growth in the last few years. It has impacted nearly every sector, ranging from farming, healthcare, and education to industries. Before you ask, no it is not the Skynet from ‘The Terminator'. From automated systems like Tesla FSD and pioneering companion robots like Miko, EMO, and Cozmo, it seems like everyone is jumping on the AI bandwagon. AI-powered chatbots have also emerged that assist users in accomplishing tasks such as engaging in conversations, creating large volumes of content and even generating new cocktails! The technology behind these AI chatbots? Generative AI.

Generative AI is artificial intelligence that can generate new content, such as text, images, audio, and more. It studies an existing database and learns patterns to generate new and unique content. Generative AI models are also known as Large Language Models (LLMs). They use specific algorithms to process natural language and convert it into logic which is then fed to artificial intelligence.

While ChatGPT is the most popular generative AI chatbot right now, there are several alternatives that function similarly, such as Google Bard, ChatSonic, and Ernie.

ChatGPT is a generative AI model based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture which feeds the program with a large amount of text data to help the AI learn the nuances of human language. You can ask ChatGPT any question (as long as it covers a topic before 2021) and it will find an answer which will be curated to the specifics of your query. Its GPT-based training means it is also capable of understanding the nuances of a question even when it is presented in simple human language. On top of that, it also remembers the previous